You rub two insulators against each other and attain a charge imbalance. Is there a rule as to which of the materials will end up with a negative charge and vice versa? Does it depend on which one has more or less lose valence electrons?

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    And the messed up thing is they both are pronounced opposite to the spelling.

    You’d think “loose” would have the longer O sound, but “lose” does. 🤦